Event and alert message format

FQXppnnxxxxc

where:

• pp indicates the product where the event originate, as follows.

  • CM. Chassis Management.

  • HM. Hardware manager.

  • PM. XClarity Provisioning manger - LXPM (LEPT).

  • SF. System Firmware.

  • SP. Service Processor.

• nn identifies the component or system management where the event originated, as follows:

  Components

  • AA. Canister/Appliance - Contains system components not expected to be serviced by a customer.

  • CA. Cooling - Fans, blowers, mux cards, policies, chillers/refrigeration, water management units, water pumps, water filtration, air flow sensors, thermal monitors.

  • DA. Display - Graphics adapters, op panel, monitor/console (including front/back panel, control panel, LCD panel etc).

  • IO. I/O connectivity - PCI/USB hub, bridge, bus, risers, configuration settings, interconnect, keyboard, mouse, KVM.

  • MA. Memory - Includes DIMMs, memory card, configuration settings, memory controller, redundant modes (mirroring, spare, etc), RAID memory, NVRAM, EPROM.

  • PU. Processing - Involves the processor, processor cards and system board, configuration settings, and microcode, cache, Trusted Computing Module, processor interconnect (QPI cables).

  • PW. Power - Can be power supplies, VRMs, VRDs, voltage levels, system power state, policies, batteries, AT power width, TPMD, power controllers, external power, Battery Backup Unit (UPS), PDUs.

  • SB. System Board - Main system board, associated risers, system planar, mid-planes, backplanes, interconnects.

  • SD. Client Data Storage Device - Flash storage adapters, drives, cd/dvd drives, SSD, SAS, DASD, Flash storage, tape, volumes, remoteCopy, flashCopy, managed Storage Systems.

  • SR. Storage RAID - Adapters, configuration, settings, interconnect, arrays, drive enclosures.

  • VD. VPD - Configuration settings, EPROMs, communication.

  Systems Management - FSM, PSM, HMC, FDMC UEFI, CMM, IOMC, CCE, PMC, DPSM, SVC, management of storage, services, IMM, FSP, systems management networking.

  • BR. Systems Management - Backup/Restore & Failover (HA).

  • BT. System management - Boot, reboot, hard/warm reset, shutdown.

  • CL. LEPT Clone.

  • CN. Systems Management - Console.

  • CP. Systems Management - Config Patterns.

  • CR. Systems Management - Core / Virtual Appliance.

  • DD. Device Driver - AIX, IBM I, Subsystem Device Driver (SDD), IPMI Service.

  • DM. Systems Management - Data Management.

  • EA. Vendor Events.

  • EM. Events Monitoring - LEPT Dash Board.

  • EM. Systems Management - Events / Monitoring.

  • FC. Systems Management - FlexCat OS/Config deployment.

  • FW. System management - Firmware.

  • HA. Hypervisor - Virtual Components, Boots, Crashes, SRIOV, LPARs.

  • IF. Interconnect (Fabric) - common, podm, icm, lrim (SWFW major, various minors & functions).

  • II. Interconnect (Interfaces) - cimp, smis, cli, mapi (SCFG major).

  • IM. Interconnect (PCI Manager) - pcim (SWFW major, various minors and functions).

  • IN. Interconnect (Networking) - bos, ethm, fcf, npiv (FCF major plus SWFW major, various minors & functions) data network, network settings, ports, security, adapters, switches, fiber channel, optical ports, Ethernet.

  • IP. Interconnect (PIE) - tbd.

  • IU. Interconnect (Utilities / Infrastructure) - util, infr, serv, isds (IBIS major), remote copy (storage).

  • NM. Network Management - LEPT Welcompage.

  • NM. Systems Management - Network Management.

  • OH. OS/Hypervisor Interface - Passing of error logs, partition management, services (time, etc).

  • OS. LEPT OS Deploy.

  • OS. OS - Power Linux, AIX IPL, AIX, crash and dump codes, IBM i kernal code, IBM i OS, management of storage.

  • PR. System management - Entity presence.

  • RC. Systems Management - Remote Control.

  • SD. LEPT Storage Test.

  • SE. Systems Management - Security.

  • SR. LEPT Raid Setup.

  • SS. Service & Support - LEPT FFDC Collection.

  • SS. Systems Management - Service & Support.

  • TR. Time Reference - RTC, Master clock, drawer clocks, NTP.

  • UN. Unknown/any entity.

  • UP. LEPT Firmware Update.

  • UP. Systems Management - Updates.

  • WD. System management - Watchdog.

• xxxx is an incrementing number of the Sub-System events set.
• c identifies the severity, as follows.

  • A. Reserved as Immediate Action.

  • B. Unknown / No action.

  • D. Reserved - Immediate Decision.

  • E. Reserved - Eventual Action.

  • F. Warning / No Action.

  • G. Warning / Deferred Action.

  • H. Minor / Deferred Action.

  • I. Information / No Action.

  • J. Minor / Immediate Action.

  • K. Major / Deferred Action.

  • L. Major / Immediate Action.

  • M. Critical / Immediate Action.

  • N. Fatal / Immediate Action.

  • W. Reserved - System Wait.